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Shakespeare: And All That Jazz

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Cleo Laine Format: Audio CD
4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.55 x 4.97 x 0.54 inches; 2.83 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Fontana
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 2, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Fontana
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000CSUWY4
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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  • John Rohde
    5.0 out of 5 stars THANK YOU JAPAN!!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2014
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    These beautiful 14 tracks of CLEO LAINE singing the songs from Shakespeare's plays and Sonnets with music of husband JOHN DANKWORTH and now preserved for posterity on CD. It comes with detailed booklet in Japanese/English is a must-have gem!
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  • charley
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great cd
    Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2013
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    I bought this for my Dad as he had been looking for it for sometime. He was very pleased and rather astonished that it came from Japan!
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  • J. Carter Joseph
    5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME
    Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2009
    "Shakespeare...and all that Jazz" needs to be re-issued on CD as soon as possible. I have it on LP, and Dame Cleo later re-recorded it on a CD entitled "Wordsongs", featuring in addition other poems from other authors, again accompanied by husband/collaborator John Dankworth. Although the recording is superb, the original is still the greatest.

    This is quite simply not only one of the greatest jazz recordings of them all, it is one of the greatest recordings of all time, right up there with the Maria Callas/Guiseppe diStefano "Tosca".

    If you have it, you are lucky indeed. A perfect marriage of words to music, melody and jazz invention. Singing and playing ot the very highest caliber. This recording has greatly improved my life.

    I was lucky enough to have seen Cleo Laine twice, once in the early 80's, when she made a splash in the US, and five years ago. Both were concerts that rank among the very greatest evenings I have ever had. Dame Cleo and Sir John had lost none of their talent or musicianship. She divulged to us in that last concert that this recording had been issued to most high-school students in England in the 1990s, as an introduction to Shakespeare. When she asked a student what he had thought of the work, he answered, "Well...I liked YOU."

    Please, EMI,re-issue this treasure. The world needs it.
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  • Richard Gearon
    5.0 out of 5 stars If music be the food of love, play on.
    Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2010
    When this first came out, and I don't think it came out in 1961, but it was more like '63 or '64, it instantly became my #2 favorite album of all time. I love the whole album, but Dunsinane Blues is my favorite. In about 1977 I saw Cleo at the Ambassador Auditorium, in Pasadena, Calif. She apologized, to the audience, before she sang her first song. She explained that the advertising for the show was mis-leading, because it appeared that she was going to give a regular show of standards, Broadway songs, etc., when, in fact, they were going to do something called "Shakespeare and All That Jazz." I got to see this baby IN PERSON!
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  • RogerDWMccutcheon
    5.0 out of 5 stars The food of love
    Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2008
    Play on! This is a gem, and ought to be revived. I originally had it on LP, and am glad to have been able to obtain it on CD, accompanied by notes and translations in Japanese!
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  • M. Cureton
    5.0 out of 5 stars Shakespeare has the inner beat in Cleo's hands
    Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2007
    Ahhh.....absolutely sublime jazzy Shakespeare- without a doubt the Bard himself would love these arrangements were he around today. Dame Cleo delivers - perfect phrasing, the indescribably warm dulcet tones only she can elicit, not to mention her stunning range. In essence....an elegant jazzy treat!
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars A good find
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 14, 2017
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    I lost the original vinyl copy many years ago. It's now on the iPod in the car. Lovely!
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  • 半田　武
    4.0 out of 5 stars ジャズ名盤５００選から
    Reviewed in Japan on March 2, 2014
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    ずーっと探してました。なかなかの名盤でした。
    表示どうり、盤面など綺麗でまんぞくしてます。
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  • J.T.SIKKENS
    5.0 out of 5 stars CD is great!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 28, 2017
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    Had the LP for over 50 years (actually I still have it). CD is great!
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  • David Lowe
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 24, 2017
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    Superb singing from Cleo Laine with the usual excellent orchestration from her husband
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  • Mr. Adrian J. Vinson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 13, 2016
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    Excellent recording and good value for 'out of print' disc in UK.
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